Well, been about a week i think, and not a lot has happened. The gearbox should be here this week, fingers crossed. Went and got a MPFI manifold, a new rocker cover and a flywheel. The idea for the chassis has changed because of the size of the mpfi manifold, i cut the lump a alloy that you screw the throttle cable bracket into so the engine was strait and centred, but it was still out, i even turned the throttle body upside down so that the ISC valve wasn't in the way, to no avail, so thats why theres been a revision, still the same idea though. I got the Subaru driveshafts on Friday 15th, they look like they would snap compared to the ford driveshafts, nothing like Australian Made.

It looks sweet with the MPFI manifold and extractors

I haven't updated the blog for a while so here goes, not a lot has happened since the last post, turns out the bloke that won the gearbox that i got outbid by $10 on is not answering any messages from the seller so the seller came back to me and offered it to me. Talk about lucky. Hopefully the payment will go through by Tuesday and i should have it by Friday, fingers crossed, dont want to push my luck. I gave the motor a clean down on Friday with the high pressure cleaner, got absolutely drenched with the water bouncing of the ribs on the block, more appropriate apparel would have a drizabone and mud boots. Even with the high pressure the block has still got 'scale' or crud on it. And its thick. The pictures below of the wheels show how much clearance there is between the calipers and the wheels. Also had a look at putting individual throttle bodies on the six, more later.

Mounted the tires on the rims yesterday, redneck style. I used the oxy to pump some acetylene in to the tires and then lit the gas. The first time was with a cigarette lighter, only just got my fingers out of the way, the second time i did it with the flame from the oxy, that was 'safer'. It makes this sweet sounding fwump and then its set, its wicked. Then i fitted the wheels to the hubs and put them in place in relation to the engine. Then today i did a bit more frigging around with bits and pieces. Did a bit more work on the chassis, i love MIG welders, so much easier than good ol stick welders. I added a few things to the chassis model on the computer as well, mainly bracing and an idea of where the engine mounts would be, I dont want to put to much strain on the engine because i think that the block would crack if i used it as a stressed or even semi stressed member of the chassis. Last night i was bidding on a Subaru AWD 'box, as i can use the box as a transaxle, but i got outbid by $11, fuming. So if anyone knows of someone who is wishing to part with a subie box for a reasonable amount, and it doesnt have to be bulletproof... This is the chassis at present, (click for a bigger picture)

Last night when i got back with my go fast parts i just had to try them on. The manifold would fit if i mad an adapter plate but the injectors would spray right into a wall of alloy, there are cuts at the top of the ports on the head for injectors to spray through but they dont match the cuts for the injectors on the manifold. bugger. The extractors fit good though, made for the job, they fit past the bellhousing nicely. The wire rims are a good match too, they will look really nice with the hi-profile bridgestones. The tires look like they had been run with to much air cause the middle of the tread is worn more than the shoulders or mabye too many circle work sessions. The rims will clear the calipers by about 5 or 10 mm as well, I love it when everything just comes together perfectly 

Alright, this is the chassis up till now via the computer, i am using Autodesk Inventor, anyone who is familiar with this outfit will know that for the catagory it falls into its a pretty top notch program. Also, i haven't made it up yet but i have a vague idea in my head of a rear cradle because the square at the end of the chassis is about halfway across the bellhousing. The end of the chassis that is in the left side of the first picture is the front.

Yesterday i got hold of some go fast bits, namely a set of extractors, a mpfi manifold, some tires and some wheels, apparently the wire rims are worth a far bit to. The tires and wheels had been sitting out in the weather for some time and the tires seem to be in good condition, fingers crossed, wouldn't want a blowout. I picked up a complete Ford AU XR8 IRS the other day for $175 but I am only going to use the hubs, brakes and cv shafts, so if anyones looking for a cradle, diff and suspension arms for an au falcon... minus the bolts, i need them :). I will try and do a couple of more posts today to catch up.